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Hi Edward,
On 11 December 2000 at 22:08:11 -0700 (which was 05:08 where I
live) Edward Taylor wrote and made these points:
ET> This issue here is overloading a mail server with the same
ET> addresses being posted over and over again in each e mail when you
ET> are mailing to a customer list.
A mail server receives only one copy of a message with a large
recipient list. There is a greater overhead in the initial stages of
sending 2000 individual messages to the same list. It is at the second
stage only that the overhead you are talking about kicks in. At the
final stage (delivery), it all evens out again (when using BCC lists).
ET> Your personal feelings about spam appear to be shining through
ET> here Marck. Targeted email to a customer list, no matter how large
ET> it is, not spam.
It is not the intent of the mail that makes it spam, but the source of
the "customer list" that makes it so. Let's be clear about this. Every
spammer thinks they are justified. They are not. Unsolicited email is
an unacceptable practice. The spammer may have "acquired" the
"customer list" in good faith from a source which claims that the
names on the list have asked to be provided with information.
I have a list server here which I use to mailshot the users of my
software about updates and tips. They *explicitly* joined those lists,
just as the members of TBUDL signed up. *That* is not spam.
If all of the names on your "customer list" have explicitly joined
that list by their own explicit action and not by harvesting or list
purchase of *any* kind, then and *only* then is a "targeted email"
*not* spam.
I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt that this is the case and
saying that I /hope/ that your intent is not spam transmission.
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Cheers,
.\\arck
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